Local reporter survives killer tsunami

Local reporter survives killer tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo sequence taken by an official of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, shows Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, being hit by a tsunami at around 3:25 p.m. on March 11, 2011, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, while news gathering with his video camera. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters. (Photo courtesy of the ministry's Kamaishi Port Office)(Kyodo)

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    TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING 'VIDEO CAMERA' TO 'CAMERA' In this photo taken by an official of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, is hit by a tsunami at around 3:25 p.m. on March 11, 2011, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, while news gathering with his camera. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters. (Photo courtesy of the ministry's Kamaishi Port Office)(Kyodo)
      CORRECTED Local reporter survives killer tsunami

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        CORRETED Local reporter survives killer tsunami

        CORRETED Local reporter survives killer tsunami

        TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING 'VIDEO CAMERA' TO 'CAMERA' In this photo taken by an official of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, is hit by a tsunami at around 3:25 p.m. on March 11, 2011, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, while news gathering with his camera. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters. (Photo courtesy of the ministry's Kamaishi Port Office)(Kyodo)
          Local reporter survives killer tsunami

          Local reporter survives killer tsunami

          TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken by an official of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, is hit by a tsunami at around 3:25 p.m. on March 11, 2011, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, while news gathering with his video camera. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters. (Photo courtesy of the ministry's Kamaishi Port Office)(Kyodo)
            Local reporter survives killer tsunami

            Local reporter survives killer tsunami

            TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken by an official of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, is hit by a tsunami at around 3:25 p.m. on March 11, 2011, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, while news gathering with his video camera. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters. (Photo courtesy of the ministry's Kamaishi Port Office)(Kyodo)
              Local reporter survives killer tsunami

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              KAMAISHI, Japan - Toya Chiba, a former reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, relates on April 13, 2011, how he survived the March 11 tsunami at the spot where he was hit while news gathering in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. The newspaper, which was devastated by the disaster, let go all of its employees in late March and has suspended operations. (Kyodo)